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Masumi Mitsui descended from an ancient line of rulers and warriors who helped forge the country of Japan. His grandfather was one of the last samurai to serve a Japanese emperor. None of this mattered when he immigrated to Canada in 1908. Instead of being accepted and honored as a new citizen, he encountered brutal hatred and bigotry.
His journey for acceptance took him to the trenches of World War 1, then home to Canada as a decorated war hero with a new cause to fight for-the rights of Japanese Canadians. But all of Masumi's hard-earned victories counted for little when, on December 7, 1941 a stealthy Japanese navy unleashed a violent attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. In one day, Japanese Canadians became enemies of their own country.
Canadian Samurai is a gripping biography of a Canadian immigrant who was never widely recognized for his courage and honor or his contribution to Canada. He was a civil rights leader before anyone knew what that was. And through decades of victories and betrayals, Masumi lived by the ancient bushido code of honor-a code that still resonates today.
About the author
Russ Crawford is a fifty year veteran of Canadian agriculture. From a commodity trader for Cargill Ltd in his early years to a country operations manager for the Alberta Wheat Pool and, finally, an agricultural consultant and author, Russ has a lifelong connection to Canada's grain industry. "Legacy" follows his first self published works, Limit Up, a story of the Great Grain Robbery in 1972 and a biography of a Japanese immigrant and Canadian hero called Canadian Samurai. Russ lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with his wife of 47 years, enjoying the pleasure of three sons' families which include their wives and seven individually amazing grandchildren.
